Tony's Tweets

[LeeB]

Assuming the Telegraph is right I will give Bruce, Xia & Wyness some credit for avoiding the eldritch FFP and at the same time contstructing a squad that is still one of (if not the) strongest in the league. Good job.

Yes, that's strikes me as good management all round, something that's been sorely lacking at the club for some time.

[Villa75]

We simply must go up this season. Or, with our dire financial position, we could be stuck here for years.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

£4 million for Baker.

Said no one ever

both clubs and the bbc said undisclosed

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Said plenty at the time you mean.

[eamonn]

In fairness, if the overall £18m figure is correct (and Percy at the Telegraph is decent with his Villa coverage), it must have been around that amount for Baker unless we managed to drug those Turks into signing an  over-generous cheque for Cissokho.

[saunders_heroes]

so he was at it then, in a sense, as he was the club's only shareholder?

He didn't take any of it out, if that's what you mean.

I sense we're on the slow boat to another Herbert discussion.

I fear you may be right.

I don't know about that. But I'm sure that there's one or two on here that would "hold a grudge"  if Ellis had broken all those unwanted records and taken us out of the PL.

Just because we lauded the arrival of Lerner as the coming of the Messiah and the death of the Antichrist, we don't have this pretend the reality was anything other that a complete disaster. Or do we?

Ellis took us from European Champions to relegation in just 5 years,  surely that's good enough reason to hold a grudge. I'm no Lerner fan but he took us from 6th to relegation in 6 years.

I don't hold a grudge against Lerner either to be honest I do believe he cared but that simply isn't enough.

Lerner humiliated this club more than any man before turning us into a genuine laughing stock then relegated us with one of the worst teams to ever grace the top division in England and here we are 2 seasons later still struggling to recover. Ellis was fantastic compared to that man.

[Villafirst]

Are Villa being over cautious with ffp? Man City got a £49m fine in 2014 due to disparity in their transfers. No points deducted which would hurt these top clubs far more. They eventually got a £33m refund due to compliance in the following years. With Villa, the difference may only be a couple of million at most. Is it that bad in the grand scheme of things?

[Dave]

Are Villa being over cautious with ffp? Man City got a £49m fine in 2014 due to disparity in their transfers. No points deducted which would hurt these top clubs far more. They eventually got a £33m refund due to compliance in the following years. With Villa, the difference may only be a couple of million at most. Is it that bad in the grand scheme of things?

The rules have now changed. As have the punishments.

[four fornicholl]

Are Villa being over cautious with ffp? Man City got a £49m fine in 2014 due to disparity in their transfers. No points deducted which would hurt these top clubs far more. They eventually got a £33m refund due to compliance in the following years. With Villa, the difference may only be a couple of million at most. Is it that bad in the grand scheme of things?

The rules have now changed. As have the punishments.

Or Dr X is cacking his pants, thinking he may have to dig into his own pocket?

[saunders_heroes]

Are Villa being over cautious with ffp? Man City got a £49m fine in 2014 due to disparity in their transfers. No points deducted which would hurt these top clubs far more. They eventually got a £33m refund due to compliance in the following years. With Villa, the difference may only be a couple of million at most. Is it that bad in the grand scheme of things?

The rules have now changed. As have the punishments.

Or Dr X is cacking his pants, thinking he may have to dig into his own pocket?

They dock you points now which is worse than a fine. Imagine missing out on promotion and the £100m in PL money because you were docked points. Doesn't bear thinking about.

[four fornicholl]

Are Villa being over cautious with ffp? Man City got a £49m fine in 2014 due to disparity in their transfers. No points deducted which would hurt these top clubs far more. They eventually got a £33m refund due to compliance in the following years. With Villa, the difference may only be a couple of million at most. Is it that bad in the grand scheme of things?

The rules have now changed. As have the punishments.

Or Dr X is cacking his pants, thinking he may have to dig into his own pocket?

They dock you points now which is worse than a fine. Imagine missing out on promotion and the £100m in PL money because you were docked points. Doesn't bear thinking about.

I didn't know that, apologies. But then again, I haven't a clue how FFP works.

[Villafirst]

Ok, how many clubs have actually had points docked? PSG don't seem to worry with a certain transfer costing them £200m+!

[paul_e]

Ok, how many clubs have actually had points docked? PSG don't seem to worry with a certain transfer costing them £200m+!

None because no one has been punished since the rule change.

[MoetVillan]

Who would the football authorities make an example of and throw the book at. PSG, Citeh or Villa?

I'll give you a clue, it won't be a French team or a Manx team

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PSG are being investigated.